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Monday, March 21, 2016

A to Z Challenge 2016: Theme Reveal

The A to Z Challenge is coming! The A to Z Challenge is coming! THE A TO Z CHALLENGE IS COMING!!!

For the third year, I will be participating in the A to Z Challenge during the entire month of April. If you weren't around for it previously, the objective of the Challenge is to write a blog post every day that corresponds with a letter of the alphabet. Yes, you have to start with A and go through the alphabet, in order, to Z (I know there's a smart ass out there somewhere who is wondering about playing loose and fast with the orderliness of this).My first year of participation, I did my usual fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants approach I use for writing and, oh, life, and produced such gems as "J is for Jesse James," "L is for Lost," "P is for Picher, Oklahoma," "T is for Tiny Dancer," and "V is for Vignette." All random and mostly written and published at 11:59 the day of.I conceded having a theme would have helped.When I participated last year, I chose Pinterest Challenges as my theme. Let me tell you, when you do that, you are never at a loss for a topic. Some of my favorites were "D is for Doughnut," "I is for Invasion," "J is for Japanese Bagel Head," "P is for Pendant," and "Z is for Zentangle." (Lest you read those and think all of my projects were Pinterest wins, you might want to read "O is for Overnight Oatmeal.")Guess what? Gonna do the Pinterest Challenge again this year.And I still have a few slots open (okay, a lot) that need pins to challenge. Feel free to send ideas my way.See you April 1 with A is for Aaaa... nahhhh, not telling!

I would Offer to send in suggestions for letters of the alphabet, but I know you've read the Doctrine and will totally understand if you wait until you are totally desperate. lol ("holy shit! they've discovered a new letter, somewhere between 'C' and 'D'*")

*attribution: this is a variation of joke by George Carlin ( 'a new number, Biel, somewhere between 6 and 7) still funny when applied to letters!

Doing a theme last year helped a lot, but I still struggled to find some subject matter for certain letters. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to do much blog hopping, getting only half way through most other fellow participant entries :( This year may even be worse as I plan to completely F myself over during the A to Z Challenge! I can't wait!

You and I have been very good at skinning in under the gun. Is that a mixed metaphor?X is the WORST. Z is not much better.Now you know what you can do for "F"....And thank you so much! I love that you loved that post!